1 March: Dr Michael Waldron
As part of the Friends Spring Lecture Series 2024
No booking required but places are limited so arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Friends €5 | General Public €8 | Students go free with a valid I.D.
In anticipation of a television appearance, the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) expressed her anxiety: ‘Will I look a hag?’ Having sat for several portraits and studio photographs during her career, she was acutely aware of the power of the image and how it could affect the reputation of a public figure. This illustrated talk will feature photographs by Cecil Beaton, Jane Bown, and Gisèle Freund, and portraits by Sylvia Cooke-Collis, Patrick Hennessy, and Mervyn Peake.